Please see below our Topic Web and Knowledge Organisers for our Autumn Term.

What a great way to end the term - Swift Class had a blast this morning role playing with props from Little Play World. The children had the chance to be dentists, vets, musicians and elves in Santa's workshop! The children loved getting involved in this especially creating bands and even having a snowball fight with Miss Sadler! A perfect end to the Autumn Term - Merry Christmas all!

Swift Class had a festive, fun-filled day today, heading to Clearwell Caves to visit Santa! The children were bursting with excitement and loved exploring the caves - we especially enjoyed trying to find presents with our names on! We then got to visit Santa and told him what we would like for Christmas and then headed to his elves workshop where we could choose a gift. After this, we read the story 'The Hungry Polar Bear' and loved seeing the story come to life with some amazing displays for us to see around the caves. We the stopped for a picnic for lunch before heading to Beechenhurst for a play in their park. We had an amazing day and are all definitely feeling in the Christmas spirit!

Swift Class had a lovely visit to Ross Library this afternoon. The children loved hearing stories read aloud to them and choosing their own book to enjoy at home. We particularly love taking these to the check out and telling the library staff our names! Ms Dick also read us a book in Spanish where we practiced saying colours which we have been learning with her this term.

Thank you all so much for coming to our school Nativity today! The children have worked so hard and I think you will agree - they all did fantastically with their first school Nativity! :) Please enjoy these super cute snaps taken at our dress rehearsal! Merry Christmas! :)

Swift Class had an exciting afternoon posting their letters to Santa at the local postbox! We wrapped up warm and enjoyed a chilly walk in the snow down to the postbox. The children were so excited to post their letters and are hoping that Santa will write back to them soon - let the festivities begin!

To raise some extra pennies for Children in Need, Swift class baked some spotty cupcakes to sell at home time this afternoon. The children loved being bakers, combining all the ingredients and spooning the mixture carefully into the cases. Once the cakes were cooled the children decorated them with yellow icing and sprinkles. A huge thank you to our Swift Class parents who helped us to raise an extra £25.50!

To commemorate Remembrance Day, Swift Class created some beautiful water colour poppy paintings. The children learnt all about why we have Remembrance Day and the significance of the poppy at this special time. The children thoughtfully and respectfully marked the two minutes silence and showed great empathy and respect when talking about this topic. Lest We Forget.  

Swift Class had a great first visit to the Ross Library this afternoon. We enjoyed a lovely walk down in the autumn sunshine and enjoyed reading a range of different books together. The children were so excited to take their first books home, and enjoyed taking these to the desk to be scanned. We are very much looking forward to our next visit! Thank you Ross Library for having us!

To celebrate the month of the Holy Rosary, Swift Class have been learning all about Mary and about Rosary Beads. Miss Sadler bought in her Rosary Beads, which the children looked closely at. We noticed there was a crucifix on the end, and a picture of Mary on them. We also counted the beads - there were lots on there! We listened to the Hail Mary prayer and have begun to learn it. The children then made their own set of Rosary Beads, carefully adding 10 beads each. We have then hung these on our prayer tree on our prayer table.

Swift Class had a great afternoon taking a peek into the past and looking at their baby photos! The children each bought in pictures of themselves as babies and we played can you guess who. The children loved discussing their photos from the past and noticing all the different ways they have changed since they were babies. They especially enjoyed guessing which baby pictures belonged to their teachers!

Today during RE, Swift Class created a quiet prayerful atmosphere, and read Psalm 1. We explained that talking and listening to God is prayer. People pray at any time. They can pray for their families, friends, themselves and what happens in their lives. We then used the children’s names as part of a prayer. We put all of the children’s names in our bible. When a name was picked out, the child named stood and the class were invited to say “Please God, take care of…” We then decorated our special names.

Swift Class had a great first session at Forest School today. After discussing our forest school rules and how to stay safe, the children enjoyed sorting natural objects into different autumnal colours. The children loved exploring the area to see what they could find!

Swift Class had a lovely time experimenting with paint earlier this week to make their own 'friendship bracelets' to decorate our classroom door. They first identified their names, and identified some sounds within them before choosing whether to paint with their fingers or a paintbrush. They decorated their beads by choosing what colours to use and enjoyed mixing different colours to create new ones.

Our new Reception children have had a brilliant first week in 'Swift Class'. They have settled beautifully and have enjoyed exploring their new learning environment, both inside and out. The have also enjoyed making lots of new friends over the week and getting to know their new school routines.